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3 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

And our other hope is that migrants decide to support the city they moved to.
Melbourne.

Of course. We have a Head Start

We need to use it in a very clever way

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what's so magnanimous of collingwood re qb?

they still have to have 11 away games per season

having this one on their home ground suits them rather than going interstate, plus they get revenue from the mcg western stand on away games plus they get the prestige of playing a fta televised blockbuster on qb

i can't see any disadvantage to them

 

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Just Eddie throwing up smoke screens hoping to hide his bigger problems.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Of course. We have a Head Start

We need to use it in a very clever way

A clever way would be to build a blockbuster game with Sydney and really work on the Melbourne-Sydney rivalry (ie, the city to city rivalry). Work toward giving it the status of NRL's "State of Origin" - a concept Sydney people truly understand so that even non-MFC and non-Sydney FC supporters care about how their city goes in this particular game. Some of those non-affiliated supporters may even end up joining Melbourne (or Sydney). But more importantly it re-states Melbourne FC's pre-eminence as the truly premium, eponymous, Melbourne-based club.

And once that's bedded down, do the same (but a bit smaller) with the other two capital cities which also happen to be the names of AFL clubs.

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55 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

A clever way would be to build a blockbuster game with Sydney and really work on the Melbourne-Sydney rivalry (ie, the city to city rivalry). Work toward giving it the status of NRL's "State of Origin" - a concept Sydney people truly understand so that even non-MFC and non-Sydney FC supporters care about how their city goes in this particular game. Some of those non-affiliated supporters may even end up joining Melbourne (or Sydney). But more importantly it re-states Melbourne FC's pre-eminence as the truly premium, eponymous, Melbourne-based club.

And once that's bedded down, do the same (but a bit smaller) with the other two capital cities which also happen to be the names of AFL clubs.

That's the attitude the club needs to take. 

We should never accept that we will always be a small club. The last 50 years need not be a blueprint for our future. 

Melbourne will soon have a higher population than Sydney, and we will soon be the only club with the name "Melbourne" who plays in the AFL

I hope PJ has a long term strategy in place that is ready to make the most of these Golden opportunities

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LDVC. I seem to remember some efforts at a 'them and us" ..sin city v dees type games years ago. Never quite got lift off.

Would love to see it get traction. Could play for the Roos Cup ;)

( That's OUR Paul Roos....not theirs :unsure:)

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On 26/07/2017 at 3:27 PM, beelzebub said:

After Liz it's most likely a lad. Therefore it'll be the KB weekend.

KB?

I'm aware that Kevin Bartlett was once crowned King of Moomba but surely not this?

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